diff --git a/cron-list.sh b/cron-list.sh
index db5f177..be59a8c 100644
--- a/cron-list.sh
+++ b/cron-list.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ ! -f $CRON_LIST ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Reading current crontab jobs into a variable..."
-current_crontab=$(crontab -l 2>/dev/null)
+current_crontab=$(crontab -l 2>/dev/null || :)
 
 echo "Iterate through the lines of the cron.list file..."
 while IFS= read -r line; do